Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Cheyenne, WY

WYZ065>066-067-302000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1255 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996

AT 1250 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LARAMIE IN ALBANY COUNTY WYOMING.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

WCJIN-WYSE

PAL

WYZ060-067-068-069-070-NEZ001-002-003-019-020-021-054-055-302300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
254 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IS
QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON.  FORECASTED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING HAVE ALREADY STARTED
DEVELOPING.  A STORM OVER PLATTE COUNTY WYOMING HAS ALREADY BECOME
SEVERE WITH THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL REPORTED EARLIER.  MEANWHILE
THE WIND ENVIRONMENT IS FAVORABLE FOR THE THE POSSIBLE FORMATION
OF SOME TORNADOES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN NIOBRARA...PLATTE...GOSHEN AND LARAMIE COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

THE TORNADO WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE...  BANNER...BOX BUTTE...CHEYENNE...DAWES...DEUEL...GARDEN...
KIMBALL...MORRILL...SCOTTS BLUFF...SHERIDAN...AND SIOUX.

WCJIN-WYSE-WYNE
PAL

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WYZ055-058>060-310030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
434 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH 1100 PM...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR A SMALL
PART OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 1100 PM.  THIS WATCH
INCLUDES WESTON AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES IN WYOMING.  SOME CITIES IN THE
WATCH ARE LUSK AND NEWCASTLE.

A WATCH MEANS THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVROABLE FOR THE FORMATION
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

AT 425 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GOSHEN
COUNTY IN WYOMING.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES.  IF
A STORM APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER AND BOATER SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE OFF OF THE WATER QUICKLY.  ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH IS
ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

WCJIN-WYNE-
WEILAND

NEZ019>021-054-055-310030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
447 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO HAVE BEEN SEVERE AND SINCE 430 PM
ARE STARTING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST CHEYENNE COUNTY.  BY 600 PM...
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER MUCH OF CHEYENNE COUNTY AS WELL AS
THE EAST PART OF KIMBALL COUNTY.  THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND
AND THE WIND ENVIRONMENT REMAINED FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE FORMATION
OF TORNADOES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

BE AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS AND ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE
TAKEN.

JMR